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WOD 9-26-14: Handstand Pushup Training

"We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time." -T. S. Eliot APK WOD 9-26-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Handstand Pushup Training Handstand pushups (HSPUs) are one of the...

WOD 9-25-14: Balance Work- Rails

"The dynamics of capitalism is postponement of enjoyment to the constantly postponed future." -Norman O. Brown APK WOD 9-25-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Balance Work- Rails Rails are the classic balance improvement tool for parkour. They are abundant in almost all...

WOD 9-24-14: PK Challenge- 50 Precisions

"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat." -F. Scott Fitzgerald APK WOD 9-24-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up PK Challenge- 50 Precisions Fifty precision jumps. Prioritize perfect form and accuracy. Failing to stick a jump results in starting over. Pick a...

WOD 9-23-14: Conditioning plus Static Holds

"I believe that men are here to grow themselves into best good that they can be - at least, this is what I want to do." -John Coltrane APK WOD 9-23-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Conditioning plus Static Holds The last time we did this was 4-28-14, check your training...

WOD 9-22-14: 10 Minute Focus

"Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough." -Philip Stanhope APK WOD 9-22-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up 10 Minute Focus 10 sets of 3 @ the top of the minute: Pull-Up (Beginner or Advanced) Rest 3:00 Dip...

WOD 9-18-14: Agility Sprints

"Great works are performed not by strength but by perseverance." -Samuel Johnson APK WOD 9-18-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Agility Sprints Agility is the ability to change directions quickly. The masters can be seen here. The applications of agility in parkour are...

WOD 9-17-14: Cindy

"Technology is a useful servant but a dangerous master." -Christian Lous Lange APK WOD 9-17-14 Start with an APK Warm-Up Benchmark "Cindy" "Cindy" is a classic crossfit workout that is a test of endurance and willpower. 20 minutes for as many rounds as possible of: 5...

WOd 9-16-14: Challenge- Climbing

"A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know." -Laurence J. Peter APK WOD 9-16-14 Challenge: Climbing Start with an APK Warm-Up Today, find a way to work on your climbing ability. This could be climbing trees, walls, bars and scaffolding,...

WOD 9-15-14: Technique Work- Rolling

"All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity." -James F. Cooper APK WOD 9-15-14 Start with an APK...